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The proliferation of increasingly grim reports suggests the scale and magnitude of our collective concern about climate change, yet we do not seem to be moving closer to the social or political change these reports proclaim is needed.
This week-long 1-credit seminar will explore potential solutions to this frequently studied environmental problem, attending in particular to creative ways to facilitate social change. Although we will begin by reading a few of the prominent reports and by exploring a few representative case studies from Polar regions, we will turn almost immediately to an exploration of solutions for our communities, our region, and, ultimately, our planet. Our goal will be to assess the rhetorical efficacy of various methods of environmental activism and advocacy, noting in particular the key dialectics upon which climate change rhetoric often hinges. After arriving at a better understanding of the arguments, we will enter the fray of report writing ourselves, concluding the week of classroom sessions with an intensive weekend retreat to the Shrine of St. Therese resort during which we will collectively write a position paper summarizing our findings.
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